Why should the first be last? "Seasonal" variations in the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) subject examination program for medical students in surgery

Current Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-72

  Widmann, Warren D ^a   Aranoff, Tsvi ^a   Fleischer, Benjamin R ^a   Leddy, Doris ^a   El Tamer, Mahmoud ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical student examinations; NBME subject examinations; Seasonal examination score variations; Surgical clerkship examinations

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; E-MAIL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; SEASONS; SPECIALTY BOARDS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542579881     PISSN: 01497944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7944(02)00687-6     Document Type: Article

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